Haha yeah I banned hubs from the compost as he kept putting twigs in there! You gotta be quite attentive in your layers. Once I started that - layering straw, rhubarb leaves, artichoke leaves, wood ash from fire, grass clippings, horse and chook poo, leaves etc - man, such a difference. Quite satisfying. I had to make a concerted effort but once I got it, it was easy.
We don't get wasps here to extent you guys do. I couldn't believe it when I lived in UK. It was more dangerous than Australia - wasps and nettles were bastards!
Hehe, it is true on the wasp and nettles front. It is perilous. The time I hate the most is Aug - Sept as they are dying and just set out to annoy and sting everything they can find.
That is what the Good Lady does. Constantly just piles nonsense in the composter and then I have to brave the thorns and stings of countless things to try and sort it!
Haha yeah I banned hubs from the compost as he kept putting twigs in there! You gotta be quite attentive in your layers. Once I started that - layering straw, rhubarb leaves, artichoke leaves, wood ash from fire, grass clippings, horse and chook poo, leaves etc - man, such a difference. Quite satisfying. I had to make a concerted effort but once I got it, it was easy.
We don't get wasps here to extent you guys do. I couldn't believe it when I lived in UK. It was more dangerous than Australia - wasps and nettles were bastards!
Hehe, it is true on the wasp and nettles front. It is perilous. The time I hate the most is Aug - Sept as they are dying and just set out to annoy and sting everything they can find.
That is what the Good Lady does. Constantly just piles nonsense in the composter and then I have to brave the thorns and stings of countless things to try and sort it!
Ha thanks to you I even got wasps into my latest story. I'd rather contend with a snake than a wasp!
You need to do what I did and put a sign on the compost that says LEAVE ME ALONE.
I need to start using the compost as a human poo pit. That might scare off all and sundry!